Everywhere we turn these days we are inundated with suggestions for being more efficient and productive. Want to do something better and achieve excellence? HBR has a hack for that. Want to change a behavior? Fast Company and Inc. both have 3-step solutions they’re happy to share with you. I’ll even offer my own hacks…

It’s no secret that every company wants to improve their employee metrics, retention, engagement, productivity, and sustainability. And it’s no secret that today’s organizations are struggling to figure out the best way to tackle those goals. Retention trends have shifted so much that jobs are being called “tours of duty” and the career ladder has been replaced with…

The Avalon Institute is led by USAF Brigadier General John E. Michel (Ret.) and Washington, DC-based Entrepreneur Perry Smith. The Institute’s mission is to provide organizations with a proprietary mix of proven strategies and assessments that address critical leadership development issues — especially disengagement among Millennials. THE AVALON INSTITUTE – WE DELIVER LEADERS! DECEMBER 13,…

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. Pietro Aretino Long ago there lived an island king overflowing with pride who, one sleepless night, got it into his head that he would like to touch the moon. “Why not?” he asked himself, “After all, I am the King. What I want, I…

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ Many of you will remember this popular rhyme from elementary school. In fact, you may have even recited it a number of times as kids as it’s a common childhood…

“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes.” Victor Frankl THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN REPOSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE (HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY) Viktor Frankl was an incredible person by many measures. He was a brilliant academic, a survivor of three years in four different concentration camps during the Holocaust, a pioneering neurologist/psychiatrist…